Creative Education

Volume 6, Issue 23 (December 2015)

ISSN Print: 2151-4755   ISSN Online: 2151-4771

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Building the Profession of Adult Education: The Case of the University of Botswana’s Department of Adult Education

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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2015.623255    2,121 Downloads   3,527 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

A study was carried out with former graduates of the University of Botswana, Department of Adult Education to explore the issues related to professionalisation of adult education careers in Botswana. An underlying goal was to explore the unique characteristics of the Department of Adult Education (DAE) at the University of Botswana. This study took a case study approach by focusing only on the Department of Adult Education graduates. Participants’ involvement was solicited using purposive sampling. However, snowballing also was applied to help the researcher locate more former students. The methodology used was basically qualitative relying on the phenomenological paradigm. As the researcher was interested in perceptions, opinions and experience of participants as they were related to what constitutes professionalisation in the field of adult education as practised by the Department of Adult Education (DAE) at the University of Botswana. The findings indicate that adult educators acquire a set of “flexible” skills that would allow them to adapt to a changing employment situation and to develop new avenues for adult education in varied institutional settings. Stakeholders concurred that professional associations are presently weak in Botswana and made suggestions for more vigorous activity for adult education on their part. With regard to institutional support, there was broad consensus that Botswana possesses already an admirable structure for training and institutional assistance in the Department of Adult Education.

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Modise, O. (2015) Building the Profession of Adult Education: The Case of the University of Botswana’s Department of Adult Education. Creative Education, 6, 2481-2492. doi: 10.4236/ce.2015.623255.

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